Sci Fi
Unrequited Aphrodite
I took Jonathan completely by surprise just when his life was about to change forever. I attribute it to the embers in the breeze and perfect sunset at the party where he laid eyes on me. That evening we talked until the morning without even holding hands. Later, he thought that what drew us together was something immutable and ephemeral, more than the sum of my parts. I guess we mingled enough that night to trade approaches. The poet sought environmental explanations, while the engineer looked no further than his heart. Humans usually mate in pairs, and often trade souls a little along the way. We call it ‘being in love.’
By Nathan Hall5 years ago in Fiction
Birdsong
The birds woke it. The cavern had been wet and chilly the night before, so it had slept near the cave's mouth, where the warm night air would rustle in. It was still early enough in the spring that it didn’t have to worry much about anyone hiking up the mountain yet. So sleeping close to the world was still safe.
By Michael D Dempsey5 years ago in Fiction
DISASTROUS REMINISCENCE
It's hard to live in a world where every inch of you is being violated by disastrous reminiscence. Where Memories are being raped away and used as a determination for the worthiness of life, can we really question morality when death is already imminent? Or should we sacrifice our own beliefs to establish a society of elites willing to resolve the damage?
By Faith Cortes5 years ago in Fiction
What If..
What if I told you that this was Hell? What if I told you that Hell had become so overpopulated with the damned that they no longer had enough demons to control the population. They stole a page from a famous movie and decided that a simulated version of Hell was more effect, saving the physical torture for the worst of the worst.
By Knucklez Deveraux5 years ago in Fiction
The ABCs of Cosmic Love . Top Story - July 2021.
The year is 2150. I’m a resident of what was the USA before we all became one giant global economy. That is, we had to if we wanted to survive. After The Great Fall, there was a melding of human and robot assimilation. Except they’re not us. I feel like I’m putting on a show portraying my AI personality. It’s almost impossible for me not to say I won't. What choice do I have? One thought-die. I've done that once before I became part of AI. My family and I have been designed this way through generations of programming.
By Jessica Crane 5 years ago in Fiction
The Heartbreak Kid
It was 1 AM, graduation night, and Jacob was kneeling in a public restroom in the park vomiting into the soiled toilet bowl. The park was technically closed, but it hadn’t been that hard to jump the fence, even in his condition. He breathed through his mouth a few times, trying not to smell his own stomach contents, and then vomited again, missing the bowl and splattering yellowy pulp across the seat and the concrete floor.
By Steve Hanson5 years ago in Fiction
One Moment
“Lexi, you are the one for me. You are the only one for me in this lifetime and the next.” Dax struggled to open a tiny, lavender, heart-shaped box that his hand seemed to swallow. Tiny droplets of sweat glistened his palms and transferred little reminders of his nervousness onto the box as he fumbled to open this gift of several lifetimes.
By Jennifer Prince5 years ago in Fiction
When Hell Freezes Over (Updated)
A young tan girl fiddles with a heart-shaped locket as she sits on the floor ignoring the adults arguing in the center of the bunker. Her face is a crust with previous tears and her fiddling only serves as a distraction to her disturbing surroundings. The children around her complain and cry as the adults bicker louder and louder.
By Omari Huguley5 years ago in Fiction
